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Medicina Oral, Patología Oral y Cirugía Bucal (Ed. impresa)
Print version ISSN 1698-4447
Abstract
QUESADA, Roger; GONZALEZ-LAGUNAS, Javier and RASPALL, Guillermo. Aggressive glomus tumor of the tongue: Report of a case. Med. oral patol. oral cir. bucal (Ed.impr.) [online]. 2004, vol.9, n.4, pp.350-354. ISSN 1698-4447.
A glomus tumor or glomangioma is a benign neoplasm originating from the modified smooth muscle cells of the vascular glomus Glomangiomas of the head and/or neck are extremely rare, with an incidence of 0.6%. We present an observational case report of a recurrent glomic tumor originally located in the mobile tongue , with an aggressive clinical course that complicated the therapeutic options of the case.
Keywords : Glomus tumor; tongue.